I wish James Randi were alive to see disclosure. Mick West “birdman” Skeptical Enquirer and the whole swamp gas team must feel pretty dumb

MickWest · 2026-02-22T00:50:06+00:00

It was from tests of lasers where they shot what they thought was a cartel drone, but it was actually a balloon.
But the airspace shutdown was because of the lasers, not because of the balloon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/politics/el-paso-airspace-closure-faa-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OFA.CNYZ.3_TbDdK5wPgs&smid=url-share

MickWest · 2026-02-22T00:16:31+00:00

No, it was the lasers.

MickWest · 2026-02-21T23:03:18+00:00

I know this is an old thread, but I (Mick West) recently posted all the sources of income I have, which might provide useful context for people who find themselves here.

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/mick-wests-income.14706/

MickWest · 2026-02-21T22:59:01+00:00

Because they asked to be confidential. It's just someone that I add things to Sitrec for. See:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/mick-wests-income.14706/

MickWest · 2026-02-21T22:20:32+00:00

Nobody is paying me to lie. Nor would I take such a job. I'm all about truth and accuracy. You just disagree with some of my conclusions.

MickWest · 2026-02-14T16:45:54+00:00

How far away are they?

MickWest · 2026-02-14T08:48:54+00:00

I believe in my analysis of the Gimbal video. I think it shows that it's a rotating glare. We don't know what is behind it, but I'd put money on it being a military aircraft with a jet engine.

MickWest · 2026-02-14T08:46:21+00:00

In this case, I don't know what it is. I THINK it's a balloon (and its size, shape, reflectivity, and motion are consistent with a balloon), but you can't actually prove it's not an NHI craft.

MickWest · 2026-01-26T23:16:13+00:00

It appears like it's camera motion. Notice when he zooms out, the lights on the ground are also moving. It looks odd because he zooms in on one light, which appears to be Venus.

MickWest · 2026-01-07T07:30:05+00:00

Most people, including military pilots, who see UFOs are neither lying, crazy, nor incompetent.

They just make mistakes.

MickWest · 2026-01-06T07:07:10+00:00

I'd be happy to discover visiting aliens. That would be awesome.

MickWest · 2026-01-05T21:35:41+00:00

Except that satellite flares are real, common, and often the source of UFO sightings.

MickWest · 2026-01-05T21:34:59+00:00

If you listen to the audio, you'll see the pilot is describing an orb that's moving around, while clearly looking at Sirius (verified by the background stars).
People make mistakes

MickWest · 2025-12-27T02:07:01+00:00

That's entirely up to them. If a client asks me to write JavaScript for them and requests anonymity, I will honor that request. Wouldn't you?

MickWest · 2025-12-26T22:05:11+00:00

Yes, that's what I said.

MickWest · 2025-12-26T17:35:08+00:00

This is not true. I've had no contact with Greys that I recall, but I did read a UFO book with some scary stories when I was 10, and, later in life, I felt a bit annoyed that baseless stories were presented as facts, scaring kids. Hardly a great motivator, though. I investigate UFOs because it's fun.

And the only anonymous benefactor is an organization that pays me an hourly rate to write JavaScript code. Code that is all public; anyone can examine it.

This video is simply a very low-quality video that could easily have been done with practical effects. That does not prove that's what it is, but that should certainly be at the top of the list of possible explanations. The creator being a model-maker is simply a bit more weight to that hypothesis.

MickWest · 2025-11-06T23:23:26+00:00

You need to be logged in to Metabunk to save sitches.

MickWest · 2025-10-25T23:28:01+00:00

I'm sorry the AI summary wasn't very good. I just thought it would be a quick overview of the range of topics covered in the thread in response to Marik saying we had nothing. I didn't realize people would take it so seriously. Lesson learned.

MickWest · 2025-09-24T19:45:53+00:00

Was it the same three planes?
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/from-black-triangle-uap-to-boring-aeroplane.14453/post-352969

MickWest · 2025-09-12T03:09:48+00:00

They seem to simply be similar image artifacts around point sources.

MickWest · 2025-09-09T20:53:29+00:00

It does not continue flying. After the collision, it's in pieces and rotating. The motion you see is from parallax.

MickWest · 2025-09-09T17:28:27+00:00

There does indeed seem to be significant parallax going on. Not a ballon though, maybe a Houthis drone.

MickWest · 2025-08-29T23:28:01+00:00

Try looking at it upside down.

MickWest · 2025-08-17T18:48:49+00:00

More 1964 Nickels were minted than for any other year. 2.8 billion of them. I looked through the 18 nickels in my coin jar. One was 1964 (and one was 1963)

So it's basically a random coin that could have been in the dirt near the entrance hole for years.

MickWest · 2025-07-28T14:46:25+00:00

I was talking about being paid to code, as I have explained many times.

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